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Post by Suzy on Feb 16, 2014 10:53:12 GMT -5
I'm not a huge fan of spectator sports, preferring to do it rather than watch it. But the winter Olympics is very watchable. Of course, as my own country Sweden is doing so well right now, with a gold medal yesterday in the women's cross country relay and ditto for the men this morning, it's doubly enjoyable. Both highly exciting. Kudos to a small country up against giants. I also love watching the figure skating, especially ice dance which look very similar to ballet. And the super G, of course and the snow boarding. There is only one 'sport' that leaves me cold and that is curling. Sweden has always excelled in it but I never really understood it. Looks more like housework to me with all that scrubbing of the ice. Our hero!  |
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Post by Becca Mills on Feb 16, 2014 11:18:38 GMT -5
Go Sweden!!!  I went curling once. There was a curling club near where my sister lived in NY. It was sort of fun, but definitely weird. |
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Post by Daniel on Feb 16, 2014 11:49:21 GMT -5
I've watched the Winter Olympics in the past, but we don't have television now. I imagine I could stream it from somewhere, but I'm not up on the tricks for doing that. (We only recently got the bandwidth and download limits necessary to allow streaming.)
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Post by Becca Mills on Feb 16, 2014 12:38:17 GMT -5
I've watched the Winter Olympics in the past, but we don't have television now. I imagine I could stream it from somewhere, but I'm not up on the tricks for doing that. (We only recently got the bandwidth and download limits necessary to allow streaming.) Yeah, no TV here, either. The only times I miss it are 1) sporting events and 2) major news events (the glued-to-CNN kind). |
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Post by vrabinec on Feb 16, 2014 12:41:22 GMT -5
Haven't watched a single minute. Just doesn't interest me like it did when I was a kid. There's something too commercial about it these days, probably just my illusions as a kid that they were all amateurs.
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Post by Becca Mills on Feb 16, 2014 13:20:00 GMT -5
Haven't watched a single minute. Just doesn't interest me like it did when I was a kid. There's something too commercial about it these days, probably just my illusions as a kid that they were all amateurs. I used to miss the amateur thing, too, but then someone pointed out to me that, in general, only quite wealthy people are able to dedicate themselves to amateur athletics extensively enough to achieve these levels of performance -- the "gentleman amateur." By opening the Olympics up to professionals, you open them up to less affluent people who need their sport to also be their job. Thinking about it that way changed my view of things quite a bit. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 16, 2014 13:29:50 GMT -5
I watch snowboarding, some figure skating, and I did see some of the cross-country skiing. My favorite event is the halfpipe. But I've felt a little blah about the Olympics in general this year.
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Post by Becca Mills on Feb 16, 2014 15:36:28 GMT -5
I'm just going to admit it: the halfpipe scares the living shit out of me.
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Post by Suzy on Feb 22, 2014 13:09:50 GMT -5
Men's ice hockey tomorrow: Canada-Sweden  |
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Post by whdean on Feb 22, 2014 13:12:14 GMT -5
Men's ice hockey tomorrow: Canada-Sweden There's trouble brewing in the Writers Pub... |
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Post by Suzy on Feb 22, 2014 13:13:21 GMT -5
Not really. We'll get the gold and hand you the silver with a smile.  |
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Post by whdean on Feb 22, 2014 17:25:07 GMT -5
Not really. We'll get the gold and hand you the silver with a smile. A belly laugh deep enough to convey my disbelief in that outcome has not yet been invented, so I'm forced to register my disbelief in words. |
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Post by Suzy on Feb 22, 2014 17:26:33 GMT -5
Well, you have the advantage. It appears 3 of the four judges are... Canadian How did that happen? |
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Post by whdean on Feb 23, 2014 10:56:34 GMT -5
Sorry about the brutality of that loss, Suzy. But we're good sportsmen, so we'll mail the Swedish team's souls back when we're done with them.
Hey, wait. I just looked at IKEA on-line...all the prices on .ca just doubled...
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Post by Suzy on Feb 23, 2014 11:39:15 GMT -5
Sorry about the brutality of that loss, Suzy. But we're good sportsmen, so we'll mail the Swedish team's souls back when we're done with them. Hey, wait. I just looked at IKEA on-line...all the prices on .ca just doubled...  We always get our revenge... Vikings do it slowly and painfully  But seriously, Canada played a superb game and the Swedes were a little limp. But hey, we got silver, not too bad at all. |
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Post by whdean on Feb 23, 2014 21:39:50 GMT -5
Sorry about the brutality of that loss, Suzy. But we're good sportsmen, so we'll mail the Swedish team's souls back when we're done with them. Hey, wait. I just looked at IKEA on-line...all the prices on .ca just doubled... We always get our revenge... Vikings do it slowly and painfully But seriously, Canada played a superb game and the Swedes were a little limp. But hey, we got silver, not too bad at all. It seemed like they cracked after that second goal. They just played on, accepting the inevitable. |
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Post by Suzy on Feb 24, 2014 6:16:50 GMT -5
Yes, they seemed somehow demoralised. They played so well during the first twenty minutes or so. But they had also lost their best player, who couldn't play that day so that must have had an effect.
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Post by vrabinec on Feb 24, 2014 13:34:22 GMT -5
Proud to say that I didn't watch a single second of the Olympics. I'm ready for real hockey to start back up. It's really annoying that they split the season like this, just so players can play in the Olympics. I wish they went back to college kids. Let the pros play in the NHL. At least Crosby and Kunitz for gold medals. They play for the good guys.
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We always get our revenge... Vikings do it slowly and painfully 